Bavaria Cruiser 34 Shoal draft

Sailboat specifications

The Bavaria Cruiser 34 is a 32’ (9.75m) cruising sailboat designed by Farr Yacht Design (United States). She is built since 2013 by Bavaria Yachts (Germany). The Shoal draft version features a shorter keel to grant access to shallow areas. She has been awarded "2018 - Cruising World - Boat of the Year: Pocket Cruiser ".

The Bavaria Cruiser 34 is as well listed, on Boat-Specs.com, in Standard version (see all the versions compared).

Bavaria Cruiser 34's main features

Model

Bavaria Cruiser 34

Version

Shoal draft

Hull type

Monohull

Category

Cruising sailboat

Sailboat builder

Bavaria Yachts

Sailboat designer

Farr Yacht Design

Country

Germany

Construction

Hull and deck: GRP (glass reinforced polyester)

First built hull

2013

Last built hull

Still in production

Award(s)

2018: Cruising World - Boat of the Year: Pocket Cruiser

Appendages

Keel : L-shaped keel (with bulb)

Helm

Twin helm wheels

Rudder

Single spade rudder

Unsinkable

Trailerable

Standard public price ex. VAT (indicative only)

About

81 500 €

(2020)

Bavaria Cruiser 34's main dimensions

Overall length: 32’ 10”9.99 m
Hull length: 32’9.75 m
Waterline length: 30’9.15 m
Beam (width): 11’ 2”3.42 m
Draft: 5’ 2”1.58 m
Mast height from D_WL: 48’ 8”14.85 m
Light displacement (M_LC): 11684 lb5300 kg
Ballast weight: 3020 lb1370 kg
Ballast type: Cast iron

Bavaria Cruiser 34's rig and sails

Upwind sail area: 549 ft²51 m²
Mainsail area: 312 ft²29 m²
Genoa area: 237 ft²22 m²
I iFore triangle height (from mast foot to fore stay top attachment): 40’ 5”12.3 m
J iFore triangle base (from mast foot to bottom of forestay): 11’ 6”3.5 m
P iMainsail hoist measurement (from tack to head): 38’ 8”11.8 m
E iMainsail foot measurement (from tack to clew): 13’ 6”4.1 m
Rigging type: Sloop Marconi 9/10
Mast configuration: Deck stepped mast
Rotating spars: No
Number of levels of spreaders: 2
Spreaders angle: Swept-back
Spars construction: Aluminum spars
Standing rigging: 1x19 strand wire

Bavaria Cruiser 34's performances

Upwind sail area to displacement iThe ratio sail area to displacement is obtained by dividing the sail area by the boat's displaced volume to the power two-thirds. The ratio sail area to displacement can be used to compare the relative sail plan of different sailboats no matter what their size. Upwind: under 18 the ratio indicates a cruise oriented sailboat with limited performances especially in light wind, while over 25 it indicates a fast sailboat.: 181 ft²/T16.78 m²/T
Displacement-length ratio (DLR) iThe Displacement Length Ratio (DLR) is a figure that points out the boat's weight compared to its waterline length. The DLR is obtained by dividing the boat's displacement in tons by the cube of one one-hundredth of the waterline length (in feet). The DLR can be used to compare the relative mass of different sailboats no matter what their length: a DLR less than 180 is indicative of a really light sailboat (race boat made for planning), while a DLR greater than 300 is indicative of a heavy cruising sailboat.: 196
Ballast ratio iThe Ballast ratio is an indicator of stability; it is obtained by dividing the boat's displacement by the mass of the ballast. Since the stability depends also of the hull shapes and the position of the center of gravity, only the boats with similar ballast arrangements and hull shapes should be compared. The higher the ballast ratio is, the greater is the stability.: 26 %
Critical hull speed iAs a ship moves in the water, it creates standing waves that oppose its movement. This effect increases dramatically the resistance when the boat reaches a speed-length ratio (speed-length ratio is the ratio between the speed in knots and the square root of the waterline length in feet) of about 1.2 (corresponding to a Froude Number of 0.35) . This very sharp rise in resistance, between speed-length ratio of 1.2 to 1.5, is insurmountable for heavy sailboats and so becomes an apparent barrier. This leads to the concept of "hull speed". The hull speed is obtained by multiplying the square root of the waterline length (in feet) by 1.34.: 7.34 knots